A/N: Sorry again for another short one :\ I'm trying to make this story go somewhere, but it's rather difficult lol Anyways, at this rate I highly doubt I'll finish by the 8th, so just enjoy the story at its increasingly slow pace haha

Disclaimer: I do not own Kurosagi, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e,Nobuta wo Produce nor these characters. The ones who are responsible for these lovely creations would be Natsuhara Takeshi, Nakajo Hisaya, and Shiraiwa Gen respectively.

Chapter 10:

Tsurara decided sitting around alone in her room was rather pathetic, now would be a good time to go jogging before it got too dark out. She was actually really excited to see what the campus had to offer; this was supposed to be a rather big name school.

As she jogged down the stairs leading to their dorm she almost tripped over the lump sitting in the middle of the stairway.

The lump was actually Sano crouched over with his head resting on arms which were wrapped around his legs. The idiot wasn't even wearing proper outdoor clothing, just his uniform pants and a button up shirt.

Weighing in her mind what she should do, she sighed and plopped down beside him. Her and her pathetically soft heart, she just couldn't leave him there.

She thought of waking him, but the mood he was in when he stormed out she wasn't too sure that would be a good idea. She wasn't sure sitting here where he'd see her upon waking was a good idea either, but it was the best she could do, at least now the wind wasn't fully blasting him.

Perhaps he got cranky when he was tired. The thought brought a smile to her face; just like a baby, kind of like someone else she knew.

She took off her outer jacket and made to put it around him, she was wearing plenty of layers for her planned run, but suddenly he fell over on top of her. Her eyes opened in shock as she wondered what she should do now. He was so close; she only needed to lean up to kiss him.

As she was looking at his increasingly close face, she noticed his eyes were open. He had such an intense look, neither blinked as they stared at each other. "What are you doing here?" said the gravelly voice. She instantly went on the defense, this was the thanks she got for trying to help him.

"Hrumph, I should have just left you alone, but if you catch a cold it'll be me who gets inconvenienced! I thought I'd wake you up, but you were snoring so soundly and anyways, I was trying to shield you from the wind and…" "You're a weird guy," he interrupted her.

"You're the one who fell over," she shot back hotly.

Sano blushed. "He's kinda cute when he blushes" Tsurara thought to herself.

After they got back to their room, Sano took a shower on Mizuki's insistence. Mizuki hadn't stopped lecturing him all the way back about how careless he was for not bringing a jacket with him, and how it was a stupid idea to sleep on steps where people can trip over you or mug you. She was a weird one, one minute telling him she liked him and wanted to be friends, and the next smacking him on the head and calling him an idiot. Women, they just made no sense.

He towel dried his hair, while nodding to her that the shower was free. He heard the shower turn on when he realized he had forgotten the watch his father gave him in the bathroom. Not wanting it to get foggy with steam he quickly went back in to retrieve it.

"Excu…" his words got stuck in his throat as he quickly back tracked out the door, wristwatch forgotten.

Knowing she was a girl was different from knowing she was a girl; how big a difference never more apparent until now. Why hadn't she pull the curtain or at least locked the door? Why hadn't he waited a little longer?

For the rest of his life he would never forget how beautiful her backside was, with one dainty toe stuck into the bath to test the water.

Another thing that had never occurred to him was how exactly does one live with a cross-dressing female, or any woman for that matter?

Maidoari.